Great variety of electric vehicles in China but no electric cars spotted.

On a recent trip to China’s Beijing and Shanghai I was pleasantly surprised to see good use of electric power in a number of vehicles from Scooters and trikes to some service vehicles. Here is a selection of some of the rides spotted including scooters and palace work vehicles. Whats even more interesting are the homemade trikes which are made to work with a battery and motor.

One thing missing is a decent electric car. Busses in Beijing can work off overhead electric lines meaning no pollution at point of use. Its a step in the right direction, but taxis and cars remain dependent on the internal combustion engine meaning poor air quality in big cities.

The Chinese are pioneering cheap electric scooters that cost as little as $300 USD and can carry two people. The funny looking bikes are Chinese made and designed and sold at a variety of outlets and most probably rely on lead acid batteries. We have no idea about typical ranges, but the design looks rugged enough to take a good degree of pounding. In fact the scooters look so functional, utilitarian in a sort of cross between a moped a cycle that I want one to ride around on in the UK and at around 20% of the cost of an electric bike, its a smart deal financially too.

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